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#OTD #TDIH #September9, 1739 #StonoRebellion, largest of #SlaveUprisings in #ColonialAmerica erupts in #ColonialSouthCarolina .
#SouthCarolina #SlaveRebellions #SlaveryInTheUS #BlackPeople #Blacks #ColonialAmerica
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#OTD #TDIH #September9, 1739 #StonoRebellion, largest of #SlaveUprisings in #ColonialAmerica erupts in #ColonialSouthCarolina .
#SouthCarolina #SlaveRebellions #SlaveryInTheUS #BlackPeople #Blacks #ColonialAmerica
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September 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
The Stono Rebellion: Crash Course Black American History #6
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February 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Circle of Infinity
From the early African Muslims on Turtle Island to the Blues
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August 28, 2026 at 7:19 AM
#OTD in #History 1739
September 09: #StonoRebellion
Context: Led by an Angolan named Jemmy, a band of 20 slaves organized a rebellion on the banks of the Stono River. After breaking into a store & armed w/ guns, called for their liberty. Overseers were killed & reluctant slaves forced to join.
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September 09: #StonoRebellion
Context: Led by an Angolan named Jemmy, a band of 20 slaves organized a rebellion on the banks of the Stono River. After breaking into a store & armed w/ guns, called for their liberty. Overseers were killed & reluctant slaves forced to join.
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September 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
#OTD in #History 1739
September 09: #StonoRebellion
Context: Led by an Angolan named Jemmy, a band of 20 slaves organized a rebellion on the banks of the Stono River. After breaking into a store & armed w/ guns, called for their liberty. Overseers were killed & reluctant slaves forced to join.
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September 09: #StonoRebellion
Context: Led by an Angolan named Jemmy, a band of 20 slaves organized a rebellion on the banks of the Stono River. After breaking into a store & armed w/ guns, called for their liberty. Overseers were killed & reluctant slaves forced to join.
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Facts: “They reached the Edisto River [&] white colonists descended upon them, killing [approximately 60 of them]. Survivors were sold off to the West Indies.” SOURCE: Black Past, Claudia Sutherland
#StonoRebellion
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
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#AmericanHistory
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September 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Facts: “They reached the Edisto River [&] white colonists descended upon them, killing [approximately 60 of them]. Survivors were sold off to the West Indies.” SOURCE: Black Past, Claudia Sutherland
#StonoRebellion
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
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The #StonoRebellion, beginning #ThisDayInHistory in 1739, was the largest #SlaveRevolt in a British mainland colony. #Slaves in #SouthCarolina marched under a "#Liberty!" banner, seized weapons, burnt plantations on the way to #SpanishFlorida, and killed 23 colonial militiamen.
September 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The #StonoRebellion, beginning #ThisDayInHistory in 1739, was the largest #SlaveRevolt in a British mainland colony. #Slaves in #SouthCarolina marched under a "#Liberty!" banner, seized weapons, burnt plantations on the way to #SpanishFlorida, and killed 23 colonial militiamen.
Stono Rebellion—"the largest uprising of enslaved people in the British mainland colonies prior to the American Revolution. More than twenty white Carolinians and nearly twice as many Black Carolinians were killed before the rebellion was suppressed." #StonoRebellion
Today in History - September 9
The Stono Rebellion
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September 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Stono Rebellion—"the largest uprising of enslaved people in the British mainland colonies prior to the American Revolution. More than twenty white Carolinians and nearly twice as many Black Carolinians were killed before the rebellion was suppressed." #StonoRebellion
In 1739, Jemmy marched toward freedom in Spanish Florida—armed, organized, unapologetic. The state responded with terror laws. Not chaos: clarity. #StonoRebellion #NkyinkyimFlow
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In 1739, Jemmy marched toward freedom in Spanish Florida—armed, organized, unapologetic. The state responded with terror laws. Not chaos: clarity. #StonoRebellion #NkyinkyimFlow
Facts: “They reached the Edisto River [&] white colonists descended upon them, killing [approximately 60 of them]. Survivors were sold off to the West Indies.” SOURCE: Black Past, Claudia Sutherland
#StonoRebellion
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
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#AmericanHistory
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September 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Facts: “They reached the Edisto River [&] white colonists descended upon them, killing [approximately 60 of them]. Survivors were sold off to the West Indies.” SOURCE: Black Past, Claudia Sutherland
#StonoRebellion
#AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy
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#AmericanHistory
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#OTD in #History 1739
September 09: #StonoRebellion
Context: Led by an Angolan named Jemmy, a band of 20 slaves organized a rebellion on the banks of the Stono River. After breaking into a store & armed w/ guns, called for their liberty. Overseers were killed & reluctant slaves forced to join.
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September 09: #StonoRebellion
Context: Led by an Angolan named Jemmy, a band of 20 slaves organized a rebellion on the banks of the Stono River. After breaking into a store & armed w/ guns, called for their liberty. Overseers were killed & reluctant slaves forced to join.
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September 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#OTD in #History 1739
September 09: #StonoRebellion
Context: Led by an Angolan named Jemmy, a band of 20 slaves organized a rebellion on the banks of the Stono River. After breaking into a store & armed w/ guns, called for their liberty. Overseers were killed & reluctant slaves forced to join.
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September 09: #StonoRebellion
Context: Led by an Angolan named Jemmy, a band of 20 slaves organized a rebellion on the banks of the Stono River. After breaking into a store & armed w/ guns, called for their liberty. Overseers were killed & reluctant slaves forced to join.
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